Where does “sekametsäkaski” come from?

sekametsäkaski (Finnish) comes from Finnish sekametsä, from Finnish metsä, from Proto-Finnic *meccä, from Proto-Baltic medjas.

sekametsäkaski (Finnish): a swidden made from a mixed forest (with both deciduous and coniferous trees)

Definitions

  1. a swidden made from a mixed forest (with both deciduous and coniferous trees)

Ancestry of “sekametsäkaski”, step by step

sekametsäkaski traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sekametsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsekametsämixed forest
2Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
3Proto-Finnic*meccä—
4Proto-Balticmedjas—

via Finnish kaski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkaskiBurn-clearing, slash and burn
2Proto-Finnickaskiswidden, slash-and-burned land; copse, especially...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth
Every word from Proto-Baltic medjas →Every word from Proto-Finnic *meccä →Every word from Finnish metsä →